Construction on the Interstate 80 Across the Top project will require multiple lanes to be shut down for two consecutive weekends, resulting in major delays for drivers.

Construction on the Interstate 80 Across the Top project will require multiple lanes to be shut down for two consecutive weekends, resulting in major delays for drivers.

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Updated: 11:00 AM PDT Aug 16, 2016

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WEBVTT GOOD MORNING. MIKE: GOOD MORNING . I WANT TO REITERATE, ANYONE WHO DRIVES WESTBOUND I 80 PLANNING TO THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT WEEKEND, YOU WILL WANT TO LISTEN RIGHT NOW. THIS STRETCH BEHIND ME ACCORDING TO CALTRANS COULD SEE WEEKEND DELAYS AND COULD REACH AS LONG AS AN HOUR BY NEXT WEEKEND. MAYBE YOU HAVE SEEN THE SIGNS WARNING OF THE IMPENDING DELAYS, OR NOT, SO WE DROVE THIS STRETCH EARLY THIS MORNING TO SHOW YOU THE SIGNS. ALREADY MULTIPLE SIGNS ARE UP, EVEN THE SIGNBOARD EASTBOUND IS WARNING OF WHAT IS TO COME STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND THEN GETTING EVEN MORE IMPACTFUL NEXT WEEKEND. THIS WEEKEND, CAL TRANS CLOSING OFF ACCESS TO THE LOC LANES IN THE ACROSS THE TOP CONSTRUCTION AR. INSTEAD, ALL TRAFFIC WILL HAVE TO USE THE EXPRESS ONLY LANE. THEY ARE PREDICTING THAT WILL LEAD TO 30 MINUTE DELAYS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS WESTBOUND TO THE LOCAL FREEWAY EXITS AT WINTER STREET, REALLY BOULEVARD, NORWOOD, OR NORTHGATE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT TO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. BACK OUT HERE LIVE, ASIDE FROM THE SIGNBOARDS WARNING OF WHAT COMING, NEXT WEEK AND AFTER THAT IS WHEN ESSENTIALLY, CAL TRANS WILL REDUCE I-80 WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO JUST ONE LANE PAST TROXEL AND OUT TO THE RIVER. THAT COULD LEAD OF DELAYS UP TO AN HOUR. REGARDLESS OF EXACTLY WHAT WORK THEY ARE DOING THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND, THEY ARE ADVISING DRIVERS WHO NEED TO GO WESTBOUND THIS WEEKEND OR NEXT WEEKEND TO USE BUSINESS 80 TO GET AROUND THIS OR EVEN BETTER, HOP ON OVER TO HIGHWAY 50, A STRAIGHT SHOT WESTBOUND GETTING BACK ONTO WESTBOUND 80 IN WEST SACRAMENTO. BIG DELAYS THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEKEND.

Major delays expected during construciton on I-80 in Sacramento

Construction on the Interstate 80 Across the Top project will require multiple lanes to be shut down for two consecutive weekends, resulting in major delays for drivers.